ISS/Shuttle in midwest obs ?how was this orbit chosen
Chris Kalmar (ckalmar@att.net)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 06:25:45 -0600
I certainly hope some of you got to see the shuttle/iss this morning.
Shuttle was as bright as venus
and the ISS about 10 degrees behind it at 70% the brightness (42n 91.4w) and
right on time with
1519ZARYA
1 25544U 98067A 98338.54388251 .00021614 00000-0 27197-3 0 801
2 25544 51.5957 95.7122 0009209 255.4339 104.5620 15.59546302 2247
STS-88
1 25549U 98069A 98347.96131597 .00002640 00000-0 32986-4 0 376
2 25549 51.5986 48.4023 0012844 238.1135 82.3114 15.59067185 1517
at 12:02z 12 14 98
Couldnt see any debris objects with one power.
Does anyone know how this orbit was chosen for the ISS? I know the Russians
wanted it to be in the same plane as Mir so equipment transfer would be
easier but
several good reasons were given that convinced them otherwise.
-now going silent for a few months more.